If Democrats and progressives are really concerned about middle-class votes -- and they should be -- it's statements like a recent pronouncement by Rachel Maddow that should concern them.
For the past few weeks Republicans have latched onto the $1,761 energy tax lie to oppose clean energy legislation.
Romney, and the other opponents of clean energy legislation, are now claiming it will cost $1,761 per household. But the actual household costs are predicted to be about a postage stamp a day.
Rarely has a national election been so fiercely challenged, so infused with meaning, so weighted by widely swinging dramatic arcs, and so blessed by such an engrossing cast of characters.
The fact that economies in Europe, Asia, and elsewhere have grown since 1945 is not a sign of American decline. It's a testament to US leadership.
While addressing a neoconservative conference this week in Washington, Mitt Romney, according to reports, discussed a whole host of national security issues he has little to no experience with.
When your position is based on ignoring science to prop up polluting industries -- as is the case for many Republican politicians -- you have little choice but to cite misleading statistics to make your point.
Glenn Beck can sure connect those dots! Not since Charles Manson listened to The White Album over and over and over and over and over has someone conn...
Max Baucus tasked a former executive of a company that was penalized for rescinding the insurance policies of sick people with writing the most powerful health care reform proposal to be crapped out of the Senate.
The White House answers more to Glenn Beck than it does to the progressive base of the Democratic Party that got them into the White House in the first place.
After four years, legalized gay marriage in Massachusetts appears to have no effect on the Massachusetts divorce rate, posing a big problem for highbrow critics of gay marriage.
Today on the radio show, we've got Jim Gilliam, co-founder of Brave New Films and Chief Technology Officer of Business.com, who recently created Tweetprogress.us, a directory of progressive tweeters.
The Kennedys were and are a living, breathing soap opera. But America loves a good soap opera.
By tolerating and encouraging Limbaugh, the Republican leadership is fomenting racial and ethnic hatred that could have disastrous consequences for our country.
Sheryl Underwood: As a Republican woman I never let anyone push me some place where I don't want to go. I love everyone as long as you are not messing with my money.
There's a simple solution to these Republican astro-turf goon squads that are currently disrupting Democratic town hall meetings on health care. Do what Kennedy did.
At first, I didn't think the "Cash for Clunkers" program was for me. My car is fuel-efficient, and I don't expect it to break down until five nanoseco...
Less government is not always good. The private sector is not always first-rate. And free market capitalism does not cure all.
Republicans are still finding their "way out of the wilderness" when it comes to immigration.
Clearly other options she is looking to explore/Maybe she'll join Bristol on her abstinence tour/Or take a class in geography/Then tell us what other places she can see.
Larry Sabato, the director of the Center for Politics at UVA, predicted Romney, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty and Mr. X to be the three Republican frontrunners in 2012.
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